An update to state lawmakers Thursday took on the atmosphere of a scratch-and-dent sale as lawmakers planned to sell old gold gilding scraped off during repairs and don lapel pins asking for donations.

A 2010 image of the damage at the Capitol around the dome (credit: CBS)

The “Share in the Care” dome fundraising effort was launched in January with a goal of raising $4 million by June for a $12 million repair. Later estimates put repairs at about $17 million, and so far individual donations have totaled less than $34,000. A single lawmaker, Democratic Rep. John Soper of Longmont, donated $4,000 of that.